Filing appliance



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Patented June 14, 1921.

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FILING APPLIANCE.

APPLlcATlQN FILED AUG.27,1917.

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Patented Jun 14, 1921.

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HARRYJOSEPH HICK, 0F ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MCCASKEYREGISTERCOMPANY, (INCORPORATED IN 1914,) OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OFOHIO.

FILING APPLIANCE.

Application :nea August 27, 1917.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it vknown that I, AHARRY J. HioK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Chio, haveinvented certain new and'useful Improvements in FilinggAppliances, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a filing appliance for physicians and surgeonsrecords in which a plurality ofupright holding frames or leaves arepivotally mounted upon a supporting frame or table for swinging theirfree ends apart for giving access to the tiling faces of the holders.

In records of Vthis kind, it is customar to use a form card containingsuitable blanks for the history and diagnosis of a case, together withthe name and status of the account ofthe patient; and the latterinformation is preferably carried at the extreme top of the card so asto be visible when the hinged holders are inclined rearward in echelonarrangement with respect to the supporting table, but will not bereadily visible when positioned perpendicular thereto.

The 'object of the present invention is to provide an appliance of thischaracter in which'the supporting table or frame can be readily tiltedfrom a horizontal to an vin- @lined position and Vat the same time. the

hinged holders ywill automatically swing" from a perpendicular to anupright echelon arrangement, with reference to the supporting table;with means for temporarily stopping or locking the frame yand holders inthe latter position. y

These objects ofthe invention and other ancillary advantages'areattained by the construction, mechanism and arrangement, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, formwhich- ,desk or stand partly broken away,with the the `'filing appliance. mounted thereon;

Fig. 2, a side lelevation of the same with the roll top and filingappliance in section,

as von line 2 2, Fig. 1, showing the roll top closed and the jtiltingframe in horizontal position with the. hinged holders substantiallyperpendicular thereto;

Fig. 3, a Vfront elevation of the desk with Tr'oll top open showing thefiling appliance ktilted to bring the A'holders in operative B01161911arrangement;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1921. Serial No. 188,409.

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Fig. 5, a fragamentary perspective view showing he method of mountingone holder upon the tilting frame;

Fig. 6, a fragamentary perspective view showing' the filing faceon yoneholder; and

F ig.'7 a face view of a record card.

iinilar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The desk or table may be of any design or form and preferably comprisesthe legs l, the drawers 2, the table 3, the top 11 and the roll curtain5; which latter may constitute a closed receptacle for the tilting frame6 and the record holders 7 when in normal inoperative position as shownin Fig. r2, the operation of the curtain closure being yindependentofthe operation of the tilting frame and the record holders.

The tilting frame 6 is preferably made of two longitudinal angle bars 8along each side with a connecting plate 9 forming the body or bottom ofthe frame. The upturned flange of each channel bar is provided with aseries of inturned pivot pins 10 which are entered into the ends of thetubular hinge bars 11 formed or secured along the lower edges of therecord holders 7.

ne or more controlling springs 12 are provided for each holder, and asshown, these springs may be in the Aform of coils mounted on tongues 13struck up from the Vbottom plate of the'it'ilting frame, having one arm12 extended along the upper side of the bottom plate, and the other arm12 extended upward along the'rear side of the bill holder with lwhich itmay 'be slidably engaged by means ofthe L-tongue 12 oper? ating in theelongated looplat. struck from the body of the holder, as lshown indetail iii ig. 5. The energy of these springs is exerted to rotate theholders backward or rearward upon theV tilting frame.

The tilting frame is pivotally mounted by' means of the trunnions 15extending laterally from the outer sides of the angle bars 8, andlocated slightly forward from the median line of the frame, whichVtrunnions are carried in the bearings 16 formed in the plates 17secured to the side walls 18 of the .top of the desk. A suitable stop 19is provided for limiting the downward movement of the rear end of thetilting frame,

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which stop, as shown, may be in theV form of blocks secured to the sidewalls of the desk under the rear end of the tilting frame.

vThe suitable abutment rollers 2O are piv- Otally mounted, one at theupper rear end of each side wall of the desk, against which rollers theside edges 0f the rear holder are adapted to operate for limiting therearward rotation thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. A triangularbracket 21 is formed or secured on the back at each side of the rearholderf, the longer sid'e of which bracket is inclined downward andrearward,

`and the shorter side thereof is substantially perpendicular` to theholder, thus forming stops adapted to be engaged by the abutment rollers20, for holding the rear end of the tilting frame upward with theholders in operative position, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be understood that the roll curtain 5 of the desk is firstopened and when the tilting frame is swung upward from the inoperativeposition shown in Fig. 2, to theV operative position shown in Fig. 4;,the abutment rollers will ride upon the inclined face of the. triangularbracket until they can pass under the shoulder Vformed by theperpendicular face thereof, which should rotate rearward upon theabutment roller by the.

combined action of the controlling springs of all 'the holders tendingto move them rearward, which position of the parts is shown in Fig. 4L;and in this position the forward endof the tilting frame preferablyimpinges the bottom 22 of the desk top.

' In this operative relation of the parts, the tilting frame may beinclined upward and rearward at an angle of about 25 or 300 from ahorizontal plane, and the action of.

the controlling springs holds all the leaves in an upright echelonarrangement, at a rearward inclinationwith reference to the ltiltingframe, so that the upper end of each holder is slightly exposed abovethe upper end of the next forward holder, thus displaying the name andamount contained at the top of each record card carried by the holder,asshown in Fig. 8.

In order to read the remainder of therecord contained 1n a particularcard, or to remove'the same from behind the spring clip V23 by whichthey are held upon the face of Athe holder, itis only necessary for theopera- .tor to grasp the upper end of the next forward holder, and bypulling the same forward, the filing face of the yparticular holder isexposed to view and rendered accessible for the entrance or withdrawalof record cards.

For returning the appliance to the no1-mal inoperative position shown inFig. 2, it is only necessary to grasp the rearmost holder and pull itforward against the action of the controlling springs far enough todisengage the stop shoulders formed by the triangular brackets from theabutment rollers, whereupon the tilting frame may be freely rotated intohorizontal position, in

which position it is stopped by the combinedaction of the block 19- atthe rear end, and the abutment rollers 20 against the rear holder of theseries after which the roll curtain 5 may be closed as shown in Fig. 2.

ment of the L-bend 12 on the end of the spring arm 12 against the upperend of the loops 14serves to stop the rearward rotation of the holderswith respect to the supporting frame, and it is evident that thelocation of the pivotal support slightly forward of the median line ofthe tilting frame, so nearly counterbalances the end portions thereofthat the frame may be readily tilted n sita by a slight pressure appliedto the stops of the forward holders thereon; and also that when the topsVon the rearmost holder are disengaged from the abutment rollers thetilting frame will resume its normal horizontal position withoutinjuriously impinging the rear top at the rear end thereof. l Y

I claim:

1. A filing appliance including a normally Y horizontal frame pivotallymounted on a transverse axis slightly forward from -the median linethereof, and aplurality of normally upright holders pivoted on theVframe in rectangular arrangement and adapted to be rotatedintoianechelon arrangement by a tilting of the frame on its axis. Y

2. A filing appliance including a normally horizontal frame pivotallymounted on a transverse axis slightlyrforward from the median linethereof, a plurality of normally upright holders pivoted on the frame inrectangular arrangement, and-means tending to rotate the holdersrearward'whereby they are swung into .an echelon arrangementrby atilting of the frame onits axis.

3. A filing appliance including'a normally horizontal frame, pivotallymounted on a transverse axis slightly forward from the Vmedian linethereof, a plurality of holders pivoted on the frame, means normallystopping the holders in upright position, and means tending torotate theholders rearward whereby they are swung into an echelon arrangement by atilting of the frame on its axis.

4. A filing appliance including a normally horizontal frame `pivotallymounted on a ltransverse axis slightly forward from Vthe normallystopping the holders in rectangular arrangement, means for rotating theholders rearward in echelon arrangement when the frame is tilted, andmeans for stopping the frame and holders in tilted echelon arran ement.

5. filing appliance including a normally horizontal frame, a pluralityof normally upright holders pivoted on the frame in rectangulararrangement, springs acting to rotate the holders rearward, an abutmentfor the rear end holder resisting the action of the springs, and meanspermitting the frame to tilt on a transverse aXis slightly forward from'the median line thereof. whereby the holders rotate into rearwardlyinclined echelon arrangement with reference to the tilted frame.

6. A filing appliance including a normally horizontal frame, a pluralityof normally upright holders pivoted on the frame in rectangulararrangement, springs acting to rotate the holders rearwardly, anabutment for the rear end holder resisting the action of the springs,means permitting vthe frame to tilt on a transverse axis slightlyforward of its median line whereby the holders rotate into rearwardlyinclined echelon arrangement with reference to the frame, and a stop onthe rear end holder for engaging the abutment and holding the frame andholders in tilted echelon arrangement.

'7. A filing appliance including a normally horizontal frame, aplurality of normally upright holders pivoted on the frame inrectangular arrangement, springs acting to rotate the holdersrearwardly, an abutment for the rear end holder resisting the action ofthe springs, means permitting the frame to tilt on a transverse axisslightly forward of its median line whereby the holders rotate intorearwardly inclined echclon arrangement with reference to the frame, anda stop on the rear end holder for automatically engaging the abutmentand holding the frame and holders in tilted echelon arrangement.

8. A filing appliance including a supporting frame, a plurality ofupright holders normally held in rectangular arrangement thereon, aplurality of cards carried by the holders having account records or thelike at their upper ends normally concealed by the holders, and meansfor tilting the frame in situ. to move the holders into upright echelonarrangement for exposing the account records.

9. A filing appliance including a case, a supporting frame mountedthereon, a plus rality of u right holders on the frame normally hel inrectangular arrangement, a plurality of cards carried by the holdershaving account records or the like at their upper ends normallyconcealed by the holders, a closure for the case operable independentlyof the holders, and means independent of the closure for tilting theframe n situ. to move the holders into upright echelon arrangement forexposing the account records.

HARRY JOSEPH HICK.

